NHER 6178 (Monument record) - Site of Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow was recorded in a ploughed field in the mid 19th century. It was partly excavated in 1924 and Beaker pottery was recovered. More Beaker pottery, a prehistoric flint scraper and charcoal were found at a later date. By 1974 the barrow was no longer visible as an earthwork. In 2003 it was observed as a cropmark.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG04SE
Civil Parish	CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1924. Tumulus partly excavated.
Yielded degenerate B Beaker - contained nothing but sand.
See (S1), (S2), (S3), (S4) and (S5).

1936. Tumulus on The Hangs, under plough.
75cm (2.5ft) high, 15m (50ft) diameter, remains of shallow ditch.
L. Grinsell and R. R. Clarke (NCM), 1936.

27m to 37m (30 to 40 paces) in diameter.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

1974. No sign in ploughed field.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 30 January 1974.

Photograph of beaker (S6) in file.

0.9m (3ft) southwest of the Beaker a patch of black earth and charcoal, about 15cm (6in) deep and roughly 0.9m (1 yard) across was discovered. There were no traces of burnt bone, however. Two small fragments of a larger urn were turned up in the surface soil and a circular scraper was found.
See (S7).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 1990.

October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Parchmark and soilmark of ploughed out round barrow visible on OS aerial photographs from 1969 (S8) and BKS vertical aerial photographs from 1988 (S9). The diameter of the ploughed out remains of the mound is 25-6m.
S. Massey (NMP), 23 December 2002.

May 2003. Field observations.
Under plough. Visible as sandy patch.
D. Gurney (NLA), 18 June 2003.

October 2005.
In converting the paced measurement above into metric it has been assumed that 1 pace = 1 yard = 0.914m.
D. Robertson (NLA), 17 October 2005.

Associated Sources (14)

--- SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 519; Fig 348.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Cley-next-the-sea.
--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Cley next the sea.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF6083 Publication: Fox, C. 1923. The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region: a topographical study of the Bronze, Early Iron, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon Ages, with an introductory note on the Neolithic Age.
<S2> SNF1689 Article in Serial: Williams, J. F. 1926. Excavation of a Barrow at Cley-next-the-Sea. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXII pp 207-208. pp 206-208.
<S3> SNF5264 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 129.
<S4> SNF4395 Article in Serial: [unknown]. Arch.. Vol XIII.
<S5> SNF52035 Map: Bolding, W.J.J.. 1800-1850. Map of Barrows on Salthouse Heath.. Paper. 14 inches to the mile. No 24.
<S6> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S7> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 04 SE 7 [4].
<S8> SNF62615 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 048-9 03-APR-1969.
<S9> SNF62616 Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 8327-8 27-MAY-1988 (NCC 0822-3).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (4)

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
CHARCOAL (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC?)
POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2023 9:18AM